Petition Status Find information about active and inactive petitions, including initiative, referendum, and recall petitions. Search Petitions Petition Type (Required) * Initiative Recall Referendum Status (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Topic Petition Topic All Petition IDs Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Petition Topic (Short Title) Submit Reset form If you are human, leave this field blank. Your search returned 1 results. Return to Petitions page. An Act relating Prohibiting Billboards Initiative Id: 97BILL | AG File Number: 663-98-0024 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors Michele Keck, Kevin Harun, Douglas Pope The initiative appeared on the November 3, 1998 election ballot and was approved by a vote of: YES – 160,922 NO – 61,401 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 97BILL ballot language (pdf) Petition Details Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on July 18, 1997. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on July 18, 1997. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on July 21, 1997. The application was certified on July 31, 1997. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on September 22, 1997. The one year filing deadline was September 22, 1998. Petition booklets were submitted to the Division of Elections on December 19, 1997. Lieutenant Governor Ulmer certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on January 7, 1998.